When hospital is a prison

February 13th, 2003 by Ben Goldacre in bad science | 7 Comments »

When hospital is a prison

The government wants to change the Mental Health Act so that some persistent offenders can be locked away without charge. Ben Goldacre says it is worrying when diagnosing illness is politically motivated

Tuesday July 16, 2002
The Guardian

When I hear the phrase “political psychiatric diagnosis”, I start thinking about Soviet dissidents Read the rest of this entry »